Program Intro 

The spirit of this program is to foster the link between students and the greater alumni community, to actively invest in student work, to highlight the ideas and work representative of the recent Stanford student body, and to raise awareness and funds for organizations that support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Each year, Sierra Camp will partner with a student or recently graduated student artist to commission a piece. After purchasing the student artist work through the financial support of the highest guest bidder from the previous year, we will display the commissioned piece and make it available to be bid on throughout the summer program, collecting bids each week. On the final day of summer, early September, the piece will go to the highest bidder.

Sierra Camp will reserve an amount of the purchasing payment to go towards commissioning next year's piece from a new student artist. For 2022, the minimum bid was set at $450 to cover the cost of next year's commission. Any amount over the minimum bid will be donated to an organization supporting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. 

We’re excited about this program’s potential to establish support for student artists in an ongoing nature, while honoring and advancing Sierra Camp’s collaboration with Stanford University.

How to Bid

This year, we’re going digital! You can place a bid during your stay here at SSC, but if you would like to continue bidding, we wanted to give you that option. Throughout the summer, we ask that you visit this page (the below snippet will automatically update with the current highest bid) to see this year’s current highest bid. To place a bid, visit this form.